This prompted nationwide outrage against Kanye, which prompted an apology tour soon afterwards. In 2009 at MTV’s Video Music Awards, Kanye infamously took to the stage to interrupt Swift’s acceptance speech for Best Female Video, proclaiming that Beyoncé should have won the honor. It is actually the last headline, his history with Taylor Swift, which started the production of MBDTF. Kanye is rarely in the news for positivity, but I argue that his albums should be judged separately from the creator.
The list is long and could have been expanded upon further. Kanye has had his fair share of headlines throughout the past ten years or so, between his support of Donald Trump and the idea that Democrats have “brainwashed” black Americans, to his laptop being “stolen” by his cousin who leaked private videos of him, to his famous Twitter tirades in which he has attacked figures such as Wiz Khalifa and the company Nike, to his ongoing bouts with Taylor Swift. I would be remiss in writing about MBDTF if I did not first acknowledge the character and artist behind the production of the album. Why I believe this album is worthy of this praise is two-fold: first, the album continues the musical genius and masterful production that were present in The College Dropout, Late Registration and Graduation and second, this album marked Kanye’s public apology for his previous wrong-doings and public controversy, while apologizing in the most ‘Kanye’ way possible self-reflection upon fame and ego. Many fans, reviewers and artists in the industry also agree with me that the albumis both technically amazing and culturally significant, with many music publications reporting back in December that MBDTF is their top album of the entire 2010s, such as Rolling Stone and Billboard. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (MBDTF) is my favorite Kanye album.
Today’s installment of Arachnophonia is by student worker Colin (class of 2021) and features Kanye West’s 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Editor’s note: Arachnophonia is a regular feature on our blog where members of the UR community can share their thoughts about resources from the Parsons Music Library‘s collection.Īll links included in these posts will take you to either the library catalog record for the item in question or to additional relevant information from around the web.
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